Press Releases

Being Healthy and Fit All Life Long

by Susan Donovan JCC Fitness Services Director 

A recent Swedish study found that physical activity was the number one contributor to longevity, adding extra years to your life—even if you don’t start exercising until your later years.

But getting and staying active is not just about …

Offerings from Jewish Family Service

Child-Parent Psychotherapy Program

Jewish Family Service of Greater New Haven now offers The Child-Parent Psychotherapy program to families with young children aged 0-5. This program focuses on addressing the effects of stress and trauma on infants and young children. Our licensed clinician…

Pride Shabbat in Hamden

Pride Shabbat service will be held at Congregation Mishkan Israel on Friday, June 21 at 6 p.m. This Pride Shabbat will bring an LGBTQ perspective to the Friday evening Shabbat ritual and will celebrate the LGBTQ community.

Congregation Mishkan Israel is a progressive Reform congregation, de…

MA Jewish Cemetery Desecrated

Fifty-niine graves at a Jewish cemetery in Massachusetts were desecrated with anti-Semitic messages such as “Hitler was right,” and “Expel the Jews.” Amir Cohen, the CEO of the New Bedford Jewish Federation, a regional partner of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven, shares “…

Federation enhances safety, security and resiliency for our Community

Safety and security of the Jewish community is of primary importance to the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven, which empowered a community security committee chaired by Evan Wyner to review protocol and make recommendations to enhance efforts based on national-level data and research. T…

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